WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., March 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Chilean earthquake hit just days before the landmark transition from outgoing President Michelle Bachelet to conservative President-elect Sebastian Pinera, and that is reopening old political fault lines that would better remain closed, says Peter M.

By Fiona Ortiz SANTIAGO, Chile (Reuters) - A startling art exhibit
depicting all of Chile's past presidents strung up by nooses,
on display in a national-palace annex, is testing Chileans'
ability to laugh at themselves.

By Rodrigo Martinez SANTIAGO, Chile (Reuters) - At least 12 people, including
three firemen and a police officer doing rescue work, died or
were missing after heavy rains triggered swollen rivers and
landslides in southern Chile, officials said on Wednesday.

By Pav Jordan SANTIAGO, Chile (Reuters) - Protesters clashed sporadically
with Chilean police on Monday as nearly 1 million high school
students and sympathizers joined an expanding strike pushing
for increased education funding.

SANTIAGO, Chile (Reuters) - Chilean President Michelle
Bachelet pledged prudent use of the country's windfall profit
from high copper prices on Sunday in her first
state-of-the-union address, even as she promised ambitious
social programs.

By Fiona Ortiz SANTIAGO, Chile (Reuters) - The bodies of dozens of
leftists killed early in Chile's 1973-1990 dictatorship may
have been given to the wrong families for burial, a mix-up that
has embarrassed the ruling center-left coalition.

By Silene Ramirez VALPARAISO, Chile (Reuters) - Michelle Bachelet, Chile's
first woman president, was sworn in on Saturday before a who's
who of Latin America's resurgent leftist leadership, and U.S.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

By Pav Jordan SANTIAGO, Chile (Reuters) - Bolivian President Evo Morales
will make a historic showing at Chilean President-elect
Michelle Bachelet's inauguration and the two had a friendly
meeting on Friday -- signs that fractious relations between the
Andean neighbors could be improving.

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